Cory Thomas Hutcheson is a university lecturer and the cohost of the popular podcasts New World Witchery, Chasing Foxfire, and Myth-Taken: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast, and author of the book New World Witchery: A Trove of American Folk Magic (Llewellyn Publications, 2021). He has a doctorate in American Studies with specializations in folklore, religion, and ethnicity from Penn State. He is a contributor to the Oxford Handbook of American Folklore and Folklife Studies and American Myths, Legends, and Tall Tales. He currently writes and teaches about folklore, popular culture, communication, and contemporary composition.

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Books

• New World Witchery: The Practice of Folk Magic in North America. Woodbury, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 2021.
• Llewellyn’s Complete Book of American Folk Magic. (Editor). Woodbury, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 2023.
• Conjuring the Commonplace: A Guide to Everyday Enchantment and Junk Drawer Magic. Los Angeles: 1000Volt Press, 2023. (with co-author Laine Fuller)

Refereed Journal Articles

• “Christmas Monsters: The Rise & Meanings of the Philadelphia Krampuslauf.” Contemporary Legend. (International Society for Contemporary Legend Research, Winter 2017).
• “Finding New Monsters in Old Places: A Review of the Works of Simon J. Bronner through an Age-Intersectional Lens.” Children’s Folklore Review. v. 38 (American Folklore Society, 2017).  
• “Domesticating the Ogre: Horror Play and Fatherhood.” Midwestern Folklore (Hoosier Folklore Society, Fall 2015).  

Book Chapters & Encyclopedias

• Chapter: Domestic and Automotive Folklife. Oxford Handbook of American Folklore and Folklife Studies, Simon Bronner, ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019).  
• Chapter: European American Folklore (co-author, with Anthony Buccitelli). Oxford Handbook of American Folklore and Folklife Studies, Simon Bronner, ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019).
• Encyclopedia Entries: “Name Lore,” “Old Betty Booker,” “Old Granny Tucker,” “Pata de Gallo,” “Tailypo.” American Myths, Legends, & Tall Tales: An Encyclopedia of American Folklore, Christopher R. Fee and Jeffery Webb, eds. (Denver: ABC-CLIO, 2015).

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Conference Presentations

• "I Went through Hell that Night and Back Again: An Annotated Examination of the Dumb Supper Ritual," American Folklore Society Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, November 2023.
• “Playing with Fear: Dangerous and Forbidden Games,” Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Annual Meeting. Online. April 2022.
• “Using Folklore in the Non-Folklore Classroom,” (Moderated Panel), American Folklore Society Annual Meeting, Harrisburg, PA, October 2021.
• “Midwives of Oblivion: Neo-Pagan Visions of the End,” American Folklore Society Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, October 2019.
• “New Directions Forum: Podcasting and the Future of Folkloristics,” (Panel), American Folklore Society Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, October 2017.  
• “The Future and a Full Deck: Race, Class, Playing Cards, and Power,” Popular Culture Association-American Culture Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 2017.
• “Your Own Fun and Part of Someone Else’s: The Individuals and the Communities of the Christmas Monster,” American Folklore Society Annual Meeting, Miami, FL, October 2016.
• “Books of the Living: Mythography in Late Twentieth-Century African American Literature,” Eastern American Studies Association Annual Meeting, Lancaster, PA, April 2016.
• “Christmas Monsters: Philadelphia’s Krampuslauf and its Contexts,” American Folklore Society Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA, October 2015.
• “The Seventies Witch Returns, or Myrtle Snow is my Power Animal,” Popular Culture Association-American Culture Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 2015.
• “Witches, Foxfire, & Woodchucks: The Gothic and Grotesque in Robert Frost,” Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture Since 1900, Louisville, KY, February 2014.

Invited Lectures

• "They See You When You're Sleeping: Christmas Monsters," Profs and Pints Nashville, December 2023.
• "A Field Guide to Local Monsters," Profs and Pints Nashville, October 2023.
• "Wicked Games: Folklore of Occult Play," Profs and Pints Nashville, July 2023.
• “Pennsylvania Holidays, Weird and Wonderful.” (Presentation), Legends and Lore of the Keystone State: The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, February 2018
• “The Worlds Between: An Exploration of Magic, Folklore, and the Occult,” (Exhibit Opening Keynote Lecture), Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books, and Manuscripts, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center (Pennsylvania University), Philadelphia, PA, October 2017.

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Primary

• Co-host: Myth Taken – A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast. Podcast. 2019-current. (http://www.mythtakenbtvs.com)
• Producer/Co-host: New World Witchery – The Search for American Traditional Witchcraft. Podcast. 2010-current. (https://www.newworldwitchery.com)
• Producer/Interviewer: New Directions in Folklore Interview Series – American Folklore Society. Podcast. 2019-2020 (https://ndif.wordpress.com/)
• Producer/Co-Host: Chasing Foxfire – American Folklore. Podcast. 2016-current. (https://www.chasingfoxfire.com)

Secondary

• The Secrets of Christmas: Revealed! Brian Unger, prod. Fox Network. 20 December 2021. https://www.fox.com/the-secrets-of-christmas-revealed/
• Interview: “Folkwise: An Interview with Cory Hutcheson,” Folkwise (video podcast/stream). 15 November 2021. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxw_mRR9uOM)
• Interview: “Interview: Cory Hutcheson of New World Witchery Talks Folk Magic,” Invoking Witchcraft (podcast). 2 June 2021. (https://www.invokingwitchcraft.com/episodes/interview-cory-hutcheson-of-new-world-witchery-talks-folk-magic)
• Interview: “DatC #105 - New World Witchery with Cory Thomas Hutcheson,” Down at the Crossroads (podcast). 30 May 2021. (https://www.infinite-beyond.com/datc-105-new-world-witchery-with-cory-thomas-hutcheson/)
• Interview: “Episode 89 - Folk Magic with Cory Hutcheson,” The Fat Feminist Witch Podcast. 26 April 2021. (https://thefatfeministwitch.com/2021/04/26/episode-89-folk-magic-with-cory-hutcheson/)
• Interview: “Episode 8: Folk Magic - An Interview with Cory Hutcheson,” New Moon Hearthcraft. 12 April 2021. (https://anchor.fm/brotherpax/episodes/Episode-8-Folk-Magic---An-Interview-with-Cory-Hutcheson-euq02i)
• Interview: “Inciting a New World Witchery Riot,” Inciting a Riot (podcast). 6 April 2021. (http://www.incitingariot.com/2021/04/episode-166-inciting-new-world-witchery.html)
• Interview: “Cory Hutcheson talking New World Witchery and Folklore,” Weird Web Radio. 27 February 2021. (https://weirdwebradio.libsyn.com/episode-59-cory-hutcheson-talking-new-world-witchery-folklore)
• Interview: “The Christmas Musical Innertube,” Musical Innertube Podcast (vol. 2, no. 21). 25 December 2020. (https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/17267783)
• Interview: “23. Cory and Corpses,” Cursed (podcast). 23 October 2020. (https://cursed.podbean.com/e/23-cory-corpses/)
• Interview: “NDiF Leadership Series: Cory T. Hutcheson, Ph.D.” New Directions in Folklore (blog). 14 June 2018. (https://ndif.wordpress.com/2018/06/14/ndif-leadership-series-cory-t-hutcheson-phd-audio/)
• Interview: “DatC #63: Witchcraft and Krampus with Cory Hutcheson.” Down at the Crossroads (podcast). 22 December 2015. (http://www.infinite-beyond.com/datc-063-witchcraft-and-krampus-with-cory-hutcheson/)
• Interview: “New World Witchery with Cory & Laine,” by Tyler Paffenroth. Witch Way Magazine. July 2016.
• Appearance: “Episode 87: Inciting a Contractual Riot with Dr. Leah Torres and Cory Hutcheson.” Inciting a Riot (podcast) 7 July 2014. (http://firelyte.podbean.com/e/episode-87-inciting-a-contractual-riot-feat-dr-leah-torres-cory-hutcheson/)

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MTSU (2022-current)

• ENGL 1020 - Research & Argumentative Writing (Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2024, Spring 2024)
• ENGL 2020 - Special Topics in Literature & Culture ("The Swinging Sixties") (Fall 2022)
• ENGL 2020 - Special Topics in Literature & Culture ("Monsters and Outcasts") (Spring 2023, Spring 2024)
• ENGL 2020 - Special Topics in Literature & Culture ("Food and Literature") (Fall 2023)
• ENGL 2030 - The Experience of Literature (Fall 2022)

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania  (2018-2022)

• Composition 100: Composition & Rhetoric (Fall 2018; Spring 2019; Fall 2019; Spring 2020; Fall 2020; Fall 2021; Spring 2022)
• Composition 200: Academic Composition (Spring 2019; Spring 2020; Spring 2021; Spring 2022)
• English 124: Current Themes in Literature – American Folklore (Spring 2020)
• English 145: Fairy Tales (Spring 2021)
• Writing 207: Writing for the Workplace (Fall 2020)

Pennsylvania State University (Harrisburg) (2015-2018)

• American Studies 140Y: Religion in American Thought & Culture (Spring 2015)
• American Studies 100.3: Introduction to American Studies-Foodways (Fall 2015)
• American Studies 105: Folklife & Popular Culture (Spring 2017; Fall 2017-Online; Spring 2018-Online)
• American Studies 196: Introduction to American Folklore (Spring 2016; Fall 2016; Spring 2017)
• American Studies 491: Themes & Eras in American History (Summer 2017-Online; Summer 2018-Online)
• English 15S: Composition & Rhetoric (Fall 2016)
• English 83S: English through Popular Culture & Folklore (Fall 2017)
• Communication Arts & Sciences 100: Public Speaking (Spring 2017; Spring 2018)

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